Legal Opinion
People v. Morales
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 10, 1986PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Delaney, J.), rendered February 8, 1984, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
The record unequivocally establishes that the defendant’s guilt of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree was proven beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620). The defendant was convicted of the beating death of his five-year-old nephew. Among the People’s witnesses were the defendant’s two children, aged 7 and 4, respectively, at…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. BenzingerNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. NuccieNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. FitzpatrickNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. SteinbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. MercadoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. PorterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. AveilleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. PadronAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987